Press for making jaws for hand bags



May 16, 1933. BALSAM 1,909,086

PRESS FOR MAKING JAWS FOR HAND BAGS Filed Oct. 1931 INVEN TOR. Mae 0.5Mizs/w-f ATTORNEY.

Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STA TES mvnrcn 1r. BALSAM, or New YOBK,'N.Y.

rlmss r012, MAKING. .mws roamm) Baas Application filed October 2, 1931.Serial my. 586,578.

This invention relates to presses for making jaws for handbags. y

In the manufacture of hand bags comprising a leather or fabric bodyhaving free edges I at its opening,it has been the common practice toapply to the free edges a pair of aws pivoted together and formed of abody of metal turned upon itself to leave a channel into which the freeedges of leather or fabric are inserted and the side walls of the 'awforced together to grip the edges of-the abric or leather. Thisnecessarily left the metallic jaws exposed. It is now proposed to usejaws made of a channel of a metallic formation with the flanges thereofturned outward from'the bag, so that the edges of the leather or fabricmay be inserted therein and gripped so that the metal of the jaws iscovered instead of leaving the metal exposed.

The object of the inventionis toprovide a press adapted to be used toclamp the side walls of the channel frame of such an article where theleather or fabric has been inserted and turned back over one of theflanges of such a channel frame.

The invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangementof parts, as herein described, illustrated and claimed:

Ir, the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, is illustrated a formof'embodiment of the invention, and a slight modification as to theshape of the dies, in which drawing similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts; and, in'which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation; Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail invertical section, taken longitudinally of the supporting casing of thedevice;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail in front elevation showing the relationof the dies; and,

zonta] section, partly broken away, showing secured to'the casing 7by'meansof bolts 15.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail in hori-' cation to a purse orhand bag,the flanges of whose jaws are turned outward. Referring to the drawing 5designates a supporting element and at a point belowand removedtherefrom is disposed a floor-or platform6. Secured on thesupportingelement' 5 is a casing 7 formed in any suitableway to leave achamber8. Disposed in the chamber-8 and arranged for verticalreciprocation is; a lever 9, the forward end of which'is rockably (11a:posed on a. pivotlO, which pivot may extend transversely through thewall of the casing :7 adjacent its front end. A toggle 11, bymeans of apivot 12 has its lower end secured to the lower end of a vertical,slidable die carrier '13, which is maintained against the front end ofthe casing? for vertical reciprocation by means of a guide plate 14,

The'upper end of the toggle 11 is pivotally secured to the lever 9 bythe pivot 12a.

Secured to the lower end of the diecarrier 13 is a male die 16 which maybe made of any suitable shape adapted to operate for the purposedisclosed and which may be removably secured by means of a bolt 17.

The casing 7 at its forward end is -provided with a downwardlyprojecting, por-' tion 18 formedwith a projecting shoulder 18a in itsforward face, adapted to'receive a corresponding shoulder 19a formed onthe rear wall of a removable femaledie 19, which may be secured by abolt 20 andflwhich is made of suitable contour to adapt it; for use forthe purposes described.

The female die 19 has formed on itsforward face a lip 21 having aninclined upper face arranged in the path ofmovement of the maledie 16and is provided with a channel 22 arranged between its forward face andv the rear portion of the inclined projecting lip 21. The object of theprojecting lip 21- is' to provide a means for reaching over and underthe jaw 28 of the bag frame, the inclined upper surface of the lip 21forming an anvil against which the male die may press together the free,outwardly projecting edges of the jaw 28 and the channel 22 will receivethe bent metal portion of the jaw 28 and its contained. fabric orleather edge of the purse or bag 27 without breaking or wrinkling thematerial.

In Figure 4 is illustrated the form of dies used in round-corneredconstructions, and with the exception of the contour thereotis the sameas the dies previously disclosed.

Heretotore it has been the usual practice in the art to use hand laborutilizing a mallet and anvil for closing the flanges of the jaws ofpocket-books, and one of the objects of this invention is to provide afoot-operated assembly for this purpose. A connecting rod 23 isconnected to a foot pedal 2 on the floor or platform 6 and has its upperend connected. to the lever 9. The foot pedal 24 is maintained inelevated position and the die 16 in raised position by means of atension rod 25 having its lower end secured to the foot pedal 24 and itsupper end connected to a coil spring 26 the projecting upper end of thelatter of which may be inserted into the inclined slot 2600f a bracket26?) secured to the underside of the supporting element -5.

In the operation of the invention the pocketbook 27 is formed so as toleave an opening on one side to include two free edges. The jaw 28 isformed of its component parts and hinged together at their ends'to leavethe flanges of the channel iron projecting outwardly. The jaws are theninserted over the? lip 21 of the female die 19 and the foot pedal 24operated to force the male die 16 downward crimping the free edges ofthe jaw 28 against the inclined face of the lip 21.

The excess material at the free edge is forced into the channel 22without breaking or distorting the bent portion of the metallic aw 28and without cracking the leather orfabric which is firmly held to theedges of the flanges of the jaw 28. As best shown in Figure 2 thisleaves the upper edge of the purse or pocket-book on its outsidecompletely covered with the fabric or leather material and does notleave any of the metal exposed when the bag is closed.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as newand'desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A press comprising a hollow head provided with a downward extension,an acuating lever pivoted in the head, a male die slidably supported bythe head and connected with the lever, means for rocking the lever, anda female die carried by the extension and disposed in the path ofmovement of the male die and provided with an inclined face and achannel adjacent thereto.

2. A press comprising a hollow head, an actuating lever disposed in thehead, a foot signature.

MAURICE M. BALSAM.

